The Edinburgh Review, Volume 59A. and C. Black, 1834 |
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... give the preference to his brilliant talents , or to that stern , that inflexible virtue , which was inherent to his lofty mind . Turning to the great models of antiquity , we saw the fiery breath of Tacitus animating his idol Agricola ...
... give the preference to his brilliant talents , or to that stern , that inflexible virtue , which was inherent to his lofty mind . Turning to the great models of antiquity , we saw the fiery breath of Tacitus animating his idol Agricola ...
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... give them the appearance of holding opinions the very reverse of those really entertained by them ; and if those sentiments and feelings shall be , after death , so used as to support systems which they spurned at and disdained during ...
... give them the appearance of holding opinions the very reverse of those really entertained by them ; and if those sentiments and feelings shall be , after death , so used as to support systems which they spurned at and disdained during ...
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... give his own account of it at length . It was an intricate and dangerous matter ; his mode of proceeding was one of the clearest and finest indications of his disinterested character ; and it is inconceivable that his biographer should ...
... give his own account of it at length . It was an intricate and dangerous matter ; his mode of proceeding was one of the clearest and finest indications of his disinterested character ; and it is inconceivable that his biographer should ...
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... give weight to opinions , which he was far from entertaining . Let any person read the following passages , together with what we will add to them , and then decide whether they contain a faithful record of Moore's feelings and opinions ...
... give weight to opinions , which he was far from entertaining . Let any person read the following passages , together with what we will add to them , and then decide whether they contain a faithful record of Moore's feelings and opinions ...
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... give any intelligence to , or have ' any communication with , the British . ' 6 " P. 134. The negroes in St Lucia had not only been active in deeds of cruelty , but in every species of villany . The con- flagration of houses had been so ...
... give any intelligence to , or have ' any communication with , the British . ' 6 " P. 134. The negroes in St Lucia had not only been active in deeds of cruelty , but in every species of villany . The con- flagration of houses had been so ...
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Page 350 - Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
Page 129 - Moved with the heaven's majestic pace ; Or, call'd to more superior bliss, Thou tread'st, with seraphims, the vast abyss : Whatever happy region is thy place, Cease thy celestial song a little space ; Thou wilt have time enough for hymns divine, Since Heaven's eternal year is thine. Hear, then, a mortal muse thy praise rehearse In no ignoble verse...
Page 442 - The earth is a point not only in respect of the heavens above us, but of that heavenly and celestial part within us. That mass of flesh that circumscribes me, limits not my mind. That surface that tells the heavens it hath an end, cannot persuade me I have any.
Page 177 - ... to be obtained by the invocation of dame memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and send out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Page 176 - I was confirmed in this opinion that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem ; that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honourablest things ; not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men, or famous cities, unless he have in himself the experience and the practice of all that which is praiseworthy.
Page 443 - Whilst I study to find how I am a microcosm, or little world, I find myself something more than the great. There is surely a piece of divinity in us, something that was before the elements, and owes no homage unto the sun. Nature tells me I am the image of God, as well as Scripture. He that understands not thus much, hath not his introduction or first lesson, and is yet to begin the alphabet of man.
Page 174 - There while they acted and overacted, among other young scholars, I was a spectator ; they thought themselves gallant men, and I thought them • fools ; they made sport, and I laughed ; they mispronounced, and I misliked ; and to make up the atticism, they were out, and I hissed.
Page 176 - Next (for hear me out now, readers), that I may tell ye whither my younger feet wandered; I betook me among those lofty fables and romances, which recount in solemn cantos the deeds of knighthood founded by our victorious kings, and from hence had in renown over all Christendom.
Page 368 - Secondly, The other fountain from which experience furnisheth the understanding with ideas, is the perception of the operations of our own mind within us, as it is employed about the ideas it has got; which operations when the soul comes to reflect on and consider, do furnish the understanding with another set of ideas, which could not be had from things without...
Page 175 - As for ordination, what is it, but the laying on of hands, an outward sign or symbol of admission ? It creates nothing, it confers -nothing. It is the inward calling of God that makes a minister, and his own painful study and diligence that manures and improves his ministerial gifts.